Monday, May 26, 2014

What US Marriage Equality means for Afghanistan

This is a very exciting time for the LGBT community. The Advocate magazine reports that the US could have nationwide marriage equality within a year. Once gays can marry in all for 50 states then the "velvet mafia" can expand its power to the satellite state of Afghanistan. Guiding Afghans to promote a culture of love is a workable strategy to counter terrorism, unify a fragmented nation and continue US presence in the region. Takbir! Gay-Akbar!
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/where-same-sex-marriage-stands-50-states-n109966

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About Me

My pioneering coming out in August 2013 as the first gay person originally from Afghanistan awakened an LGBTI movement in my homeland and crushed the taboos on homosexuality. My story has been featured in Guardian Magazine, El Mundo, Voice of America Dari, Out.com among others. I've appeared on segments of Huff Post Live and have worked at ABC News, CNN, and the UN. I'm an alum of CSU Fullerton, UC Irvine, Harvard, Columbia and Oxford. I was born in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1979 and moved to southern California in 1984. I live in Washington, D.C. and working on my first novel.